Shoe heel



W. E. PERRY SHOE HEEL Filed March 26, 1921 iatented Apr. W25...

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WILLIAM E. PERRY, or new HAVEN, connncrrcu'r, assrenoa ro 'rnn Anson-PERRY COMPANY, or new HAVEN, uoivnnorrcnr, a oonrone'rion or CONNECTICUT.

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Application. fileotlltarcli 26, 1921, Ser al No, 455,923.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that 1, WILLIAM F. PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful lmprovei'nents in Shoe l-leels, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to shoe heels, and more particularly to a heel which is adapted to be manufactured as a unit and ina'ythereafter be applied to the sole of a shoe. The heels of shoes, and more particularly those of ladies shoes are very apt to become broken and it is then necessary to replace them with a new heel. In such cases it is highly desirable to provide a unitary heel structure which is complete in every detail and which may be readily attached to the sole of the shoe to replace the broken heel.

Moreover, it is sometimes desirable to pro vide such a heel for the use of manufacturers of shoes as well as for the use of cobblers or shoe repairers, and my improved heel will be found to be just as readily applicable to a new shoein the process of manufacture as well as being adapted to replace abroken heel upon a used shoe.

secure it again to the shoe in another position. With my improved heel, however, it is possible to adjust the heelslightlyrelatively to the sole of the shoe, so that after the opeiungs are made for the securing memhers, the position of the heel will not be positively determined, but may be adjusted before the fastening members are tightened to secure the heel in fixed position upon the shoe.

Ono object of my invention, therefore, is to provide an improved unitary heel which may be easily and conveniently applied in properposition upon thesole of a shoe.

A further object of myinvention is to provide a shoeheel which may be capable ofadjustment relatively to the sole of the shoe and may be tightly secured in any adjusted position.

Another object of myinvention is to pro vide a new and improved means for securing a heel of the type described to ashoe sothat there will be no danger of the heel being lost or kicked off.

A still further object of my invention is to provide adjustable means for securing the heel to 'a shoe so that priorto the tightening of the securing members to fix the heel in position, the same may be adjusted relatively to theshoe sole, so that it may thereafter be secured in proper position.

Still further objects of my invention are to provide anew andimproved heel of cast metal such as aluminum or the like, which.

shall be economical to manufacture, satisfactory inits wearing qualities, capable of easy attachment to a shoe sole, and one which may be attached so that there is no danger of accidental removal. In some aspects of the invention my improvements arenot limited, however, to a metallic heel, but will be applicable to heels of various types regardless of the material of which they are made. i

To these and other ends the invention consists in the novel features and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of the rear portion of a shoe embodying my improvements;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of my improved heel detached from the shoe;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is, a sectional view on line t4 of F 1; and

Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of the retaining plate.

In the particular embodiment of my invention illustrated in the drawings I have shown'a portion of a shoe comprising the sole 10, the upper 11 and an insole 12. As

shown in Fig. 1, the upper of the shoe is joined to the soleat the upper surface there of and below the insole 12.

My improved heel structure comprises a the same is more or less flat and a suitable lift of leather or rubber is shown as secured thereto by a screw 15 or similar retaining member.

To provide means for receiving the retaining members which are designed to secure the heel to the shoe, I have provided upstanding lugs which are formed with suitable fastening means to cooperate with the retaining members. These lugs are shown in the drawings as cast or formed integrally with the body portion of the heel, although the structune may be varied in this respect and these lugs formed in any desired way. It is, of course, not necessarily essential to provide the upstanding lugs within the recess 16 presented by the hollow portion of the heel as in some instances the retaining means can be provided in the heel without forming separate lugs for this purpose. The preferred form, lm-wever, which 1 have illustrated shows within the upwardly facing recess 16, lugs 17 and 18 formed upon the side walls of the heel and a third lug 19 which is located at approximately the trans-- verse center of the same and between the two lateral lugs just described. As shown more particularly .in Figs. 3 and 4:, the opposing faces of the lugs 17, 1S and 19 are undercut to provide the guideways 20 and 21 which cooperate with the securing members used to secure the heel to the shoe. The lug 19 is spaced at an appropriate distance from the lugs 17 and 18 so as to provide the vertically disposed ways 22 and 22 between the opposed faces of these lugs. Another lug 19" is provided at the rear port-ion of the heel which will have a threaded opening to receive one of the vtl'ucaded retaining members which is used to secure the heel. in position.

It .is to be noted that the upper surface of all of the lugs are below the substantially narrow upper peripheral edge of the .heel 13, formed by the recess 16, so as not to interfere with theclainping effect to bedescribed hereinafter.

To securely fix .my improved heel upon a shoe so that there will be no danger of its being accidentally removed, I propose to provide a retaining plate 24, which is adapted to be secured within the shoe ust above the sole 10 of the same, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The plate is designed to lie below the insole so that it will be hidden fron'i view. This plate is provided in the form shown with two forwardly disposed openings 2% and a .rearwardly disposed longitudinally extending slot 25, which are oesigned to receive the fastening members used in securing the heel in position. These fastening members will, of course, pass through the sole of the .shoe, .as shown in l and 2, which, when the heel is attached thereto, will be provided with two openings 26 to register with the two openings 24L of the plate and a slot 27 which will register with the slot 25 of the plate.

Securing members such as or the like are designed to be inserted in the openings 24 and 25 of the plate, which members will be passed through the openings in the sole of the shoe and will be properly cured to cooperating means provided in the heel. The two screws 28 which pass throufi'h the forward openings 2st of the plate are designed (to pass through the ways l 211 between the lug 19 and the lugs these screws, the heel may be adjusted longitudinally of the shoe to some extent so as to bring the same into the proper position and then the screws may be turned to clamp the heel in position by the engagement of the nuts thereof. The nuts, as shown, are square so that the sides of the guideways will prevent their turning when the screws are turned and it will, therefore, be easy to draw up upon the nuts to clamp the heel lo the shoe.

The retaining .member 230 which cooperates with the lug! 19 disposed .in the rear portion of the heel, as shown, does not have an. adjustaliile (UllllQCillOil with the heel, but is adapted to be i'gidly secured thereto. ll is necessary, therefmie, to provide an adjustable connection between the member IV) of the shoe, if the heel is to be capable o i' adjustment after this retaining member is received within the cooperating lug. This adjustable connection is provided by the slots 25 and 27, previously described, and as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

It is obvious from the above described structure with reference to the disclosure in the accompanying drawings, that the arrangement of the heel connecting means, consisting of a plate 23, the nnnubers 28 and the lugs '17,..18, 19 and 19, the upper sur faces of which are below the peripheral edge of the heel 18, creates a very strong and efficient clan'ip construction whereby the sole 10 is tightly clamped between the plate 2 and the peripheral edge of the heel surrounding the opening or recess ill. l he tendency of the heel to rock relatively to the shoe either transversely or longitudinally is obviated, first by the effect of the transversely arranged securing members 25 co-operating with the nuts 29 held in the guideways 20 and 21, respectively, to cause the sole portions at the sides of the heel to be tightly clamped to the heel to avoid transverse rocking, and second. by the cl'loct of both these members in con'ibination with the centrallydisposed 11'ieinbe1'28, co operat ing with the lug 19 to cause the sole portions at the ends of the heels to be tightly clamped to the heel to avoid longitudinal rocking, In this manner-{the disadvantages usually present in heels of this design are overcome and a shoe heel is provided which is at all times rigidly held against the bottom of the shoe without springing away at any point about the periphery thereof to cause unsightly appearance, and possible discomfort or injury to the wearer.

To apply my improved heel to a shoe, it is ascertained as nearly as possible where the openings 26 and the slot 27 must be made in the sole of the shoe to secure the heel in proper position. These openings are then made, the retaining screws passed therethrough, and the nuts are started upon two forwardscrews, while the rear screw is given affew turns in the threaded opening in the lugs 19 The 11661111216) then be adjusted accurately to the exact position in which it isdesired to be secured and the screws may then be tightened to rigidly fix the heel in this position.

i In some embodiments of my invention it may be found desirable to omit the rearwardly disposed connection between the heel andthe shoe and merely use a plurality of connections such as a plurality of such fastening means, as is shown in connection with the forward retaining members 28 liliOlbOVbl, it may be found desirable in some instances to connect all of the fastening members to the heel and shoe by the means shown in connection with the lug l9 and the adjustmentwould, therefore, be obtained entirely by the slots formed in the of the invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. Ahollow shoe heel having a pair of upstanding lugs formed at the attaching end thereof at opposite points adjacent the periphery thereof, having inwardly facing gnideways formed therein, and a centrally disposed lug positioned between the two first mentioned lugs and provided with a guideway at eaeh'side to cooperate with the first mentioned guideways.

2. A shoe heel provided with an upwardly facing recess, a lug formed upon each side of the heel in said recess and provided with an inwardly facing guideway and a central lug having a gnideway upon each side to cooperate with the aforesaid guideways.

3. A shoe heel adapted to be secured to ashoe by a plate placed within the same,

fastening members to secure the heel to the shoe, some of said members being adjust ably secured to the heel and other of said members being adjustably secured to the shoe.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 2st day of March, 1921.

\VILLIAM l5). PERRY. 

